Preparing for the monsoon

Time to monsoon-proof water needs with better forecasting and infra to deal with volatile downpour

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If there is one thing which has not lost its importance in the Indian subcontinent for decades, it is the monsoon. Technically speaking, the monsoon is just a wind pattern which develops in the Indian Ocean and advances into the subcontinent. But when read with the fact that it brings 70% of the rainfall in India and provides for almost all of the country's agriculture and drinking water requirements, it is clearly a prerequisite for sustaining what is the world's most populous region.